Members of a Virginia House committee on social services moved to report a set of Senate bills to the full House during a morning session, with most measures advancing unanimously.

The committee reported changes to the Children's Services Act (SB801), a new notice requirement where local departments acting as representative payees must inform family or guardians (SB818), a Department of Health directive to help food banks assist applicants for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (SB1019), and a related WIC-access bill that was amended before reporting (SB1020). Committee member Delegate Joshua Tran presented the social services subcommittee recommendations.

The Children’s Services Act bill, SB801, was sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Favola and was recommended by the subcommittee by a 7–0 vote before the full committee reported it by voice/roll call as 13–0. The representative-payee measure, SB818, was amended in committee; the subcommittee recommendation was unanimous (8–0) and the full committee reported the bill with the amendment by a recorded vote of 18–0. SB1019, from Sen. Roem, directs the Department of Health to provide information and education to food banks to assist applicants completing WIC applications; the subcommittee recommended it 8–0 and the full committee reported it 18–0. SB1020 was amended on the floor to add prospective language about possible expansion and reported 18–0.

Several other, largely noncontroversial housekeeping and code-cleanup bills were reported later in the session. A bill described as cleaning up an obsolete formulary committee created decades ago (SB1081, associated with Sen. Hashmi and explained in committee by Delegate Willett) advanced without dissent and was reported 20–0. Another pairing noted in committee identified SB1015 as substantively identical to a House bill carried by Delegate Hayes (House bill 1646); that item also reported 20–0.

Clerk calls opened and closed roll for recorded votes noted in the transcript. Delegates moved and seconded the motions to report each bill; in most cases the transcript records only the mover (Delegate Tran or other delegate speakers) and a generic “second.”

Votes at a glance:
• SB801 (Sen. Favola) — Children’s Services Act changes; subcommittee 7–0; full committee reported 13–0.
• SB818 (Sen. Favola) — Representative-payee notice requirement; subcommittee 8–0; reported with amendment 18–0.
• SB1019 (Sen. Roem) — Department of Health to support food banks with WIC applications; subcommittee 8–0; reported 18–0.
• SB1020 (Sen. Roem) — WIC-related language, amended to clarify prospective expansion; reported 18–0.
• SB1081 (Sen. Hashmi) — Code cleanup removing obsolete formulary committee; reported 20–0.
• SB1015 (paired with House bill carried by Delegate Hayes) — reported 20–0.

Several motions were moved by Delegate Joshua Tran on behalf of the subcommittee; seconds were recorded but not always identified by name in the transcript. Where amendments were adopted, the committee recorded that they were moved, seconded, and accepted (in at least one instance identified as a friendly amendment by the bill patron). The session then recessed and moved to the full committee.

The measures affect groups including children and families served under the Children’s Services Act, parents and guardians of children who receive federal benefits, and clients of food banks seeking WIC assistance. Funding sources or implementation timelines were not specified in the discussion on the floor during this meeting.

The committee’s floor action forwards the bills for further consideration by the full House or to subsequent stages as required by House rules; no final enactment occurred at this meeting.